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Jeremy Vine to be new presenter of Points of View |
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Written by Telly Addict
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Monday, 07 April 2008 |
The BBC have announced that Jeremy Vine is to be the new presenter of the viewer feedback show Points of View, taking over from Sir Terry 'The Togmeister' Wogan
The BBC has announced that Jeremy Vine will be the new presenter of Points Of View when it returns later this spring on BBC One.
Jeremy Vine said "This is a prime slice of BBC real estate and I'm so pleased to be handed the keys. For as long as I can remember I've watched Points Of View doing the sort of thing that other programmes have only just stumbled on – letting the viewer take the reins. As a kid I remember watching Robert Robinson host the programme then Barry Took and, of course, the Togmeister himself."
Jeremy Vine takes over as presenter following Terry Wogan's decision to step down after 8 years at the helm. With Jeremy Vine's arrival, the series will be filmed in a new location, the BBC Media Centre in London, but, as always, the show will be airing viewer's views, criticisms, praise and quirky observations on BBC shows.
Points Of View was originally designed as an occasional five-minute show. It began in 1961 with Robert Robinson presenting viewers letters. Kenneth Robinson took over in 1965, though Robert Robinson took over once again in 1969.
The show was dropped from the schedules in 1971 but returned in 1979 with Barry Took and The Beatles When I'm Sixty-Four as the theme tune, courtesy of the line "send me a postcard, drop me a line, stating point of view", which has continued to this day.
A number of presenters have followed Barry Took, including Tony Robinson, Alan Titchmarsh, Chris Serle, and Anne Robinson. Terry Wogan has presented the show since 1999.
Today's show is more interactive than ever – viewers can make their opinions known via letter, telephone, email, the online messageboard and by sending in short videos.
The content of each episode reflects statistically the amount of correspondence received on a given topic and some viewers are invited in to be filmed putting their questions directly to programme-makers.
In the past couple of years Point Of View viewers have secured a number of wins, such as Monster Cafe being removed from the CBeebies schedule as it was felt to be too frightening for young children and Shaun The Sheep being scheduled on weekends as adults wanted a chance to see it too.
In addition, a feedback initiative was run to find out which elements of programmes annoyed viewers and how they would like to use red button technology to shape shows. The results came back strongly against background music on nature shows.
The producers and technologists immediately set to work creating a special edition of Alan Titchmarsh's The Nature Of Britain which was broadcast with the option to switch off the background music via the red button. This great example of people power won widespread praise including commendations from the RNID (Royal National Institute for Deaf People).
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